Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

Trying to make that Python script more user-friendly for folks
who dig awk, then rolling out a sleeker version . . .

  The setup with a class and a bunch of named functions had some perks,
  though: The class and function names are like a cheat sheet, spilling
  the beans on what the coder was up to. They keep things chill by
  breaking up the work, each one zeroing in on just one part of the gig.
  Plus, they give you a solid jumping-off point for unit tests.